Salt shaker



Oct- 12 1926.

L. MACRIS SALT SHAKER Filed D80. 5, 1925 MENTOR W ATTORNE Patented Oct. 12, 1926.

PATENT OFFICE.

LISIMACO MAORIS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SALT SHAKER.

Application filed December The purpose of the invention is to provide a salt-shaker which can be readily cleared when it becomes clogged, and to attain this result by a construction which can be cheap- 1y manufactured, which permits of neat appearance in a table article, and which deliv ers the salt (or pepper) in a most satisfac tory manner. According to the invention the I top has a top wall which. is formed with a tion of a salt-shaker, the plane of the section being at right angles to thelength of the slots;

Fig. 2 is an elevation looking at right angles to Fig. 1;

3 is a plan view; Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the top; and Fig. 5 is a bottom perspective view of a comb-like" clearing bar.

The salt-shaker top 2 illustrated in these views has a skirt or cylindrical wall 3 formed with screw-threads for engagement with the upper end of a salt-shaker body 4, and a flat top wall 5. Naturally, the top may be attached to the salt container in any suitable manner, or may be a permanent part thereof. p

A plurality of long, narrow, parallel slots or slits 6 are cut in the top, or horizontal, wall 5, for the escape of the salt or pepper as the case may be. The slots are preferably live in number, but this may be varied.

A low, narrow bar 7 lies across the top, 1; 'ansversely of the slots, and has a row of thin prongs 8, 8 bent downward into the slots, and projecting if desired some distance below them. Part or all of these prongs are bent somewhat under the wall to retain the device while permitting it to be moved lengthwise of the slot by pushing it with the thumb or finger. As shown, the prongs 8 which are bent from the end of the bar are bent under, while the prongs 8 which are cut and bent from the body of the bar may be straight. The engagement of the bar in vertical sectional view 5,1925. Serial No. 73,332.

this manner with the slotted wall is preferably comparatively tight so that the bar will remain frictionally fixed in. the ordinary use of the shaker, but can be readily enough moved to clear the slots when they become clogged.

The bar 7,.in addition to the downturned prongs, has upturned side edges 9. These afford a purchase for the lingers in moving the bar. The slits are preferably formed in the area of a square inscribed in the circle of the top, this square arm being slightly raised.

In the construction which has been described the thin sheet metal prongs are moved cdgewise along the slits 6,'these slits being correspondingly narrow. The bar 7 leaves the greater part, or a large part, of

the length of the slits exposed. In this device, therefore, the salt is delivered through quite narrow slits, whlch give an adequate discharge without the danger of excessive flow that there is with comparatively short and wide openings, or large holes. the slits controlling the flow, and being kept clear by the clearing prongs, which are correspondingly narrow in the direction transverse to the direction of the clearing movement.

While the preferred embodin'ient of the invention has been described in detail, I dov not wish to limit myself to the precise form and details. Then the invention is used for pepper, it will be understood that the slits will. naturally be finer than when for salt.

' What I claim as new is:

1. A salt-shaker top having top wall provided with a plurality of straight narrow parallel slits, and a bar lying crosswise of the slits and leaving the greater part of the length of said slits exposec .aid bar being mounted for translational ovement trans verse to itself and 163'" hwise of the slits and having down-bent prongs in the slits arranged to move edgewise to themselves along said slits.

2. A salt-shaher top having a top wall provided with a plurality of parallel. slots, and

a bar lying on said wall crosswise of the slots and having an upturned edge and downturned prongs in the slots, certain of said prongs being bent under the wall to retain the bar while permitting it to be moved lengthwise of the slots.

LISIMACO MACRIS. 

